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to try to narrow that gap in the polls. tonight both sides in debate prep, both sides trying to lower expectations, but there was a notable exception that one of romney's top supporters predicted on abc's "this week." it's "your voice, your vote," and abc's david kerley starts us off tonight in washington. >> reporter: mitt romney went to church, but this sunday wasn't a day just for prayers. it's preparation. cramming by the candidates for their big debate, and republican chris christie made a bold prediction on abc's "this week." >> every time mitt romney has been confronted in this campaign with one of these moments, he has come through in the debate and performed extraordinarily well, so i have absolute confidence that when we get to thursday morning, george, all of you are going to be shaking your head saying it's a brand-new race. >> reporter: christie is way off the romney campaign script. they're trying to lower expectations. >> look, president obama is a very -- he's a very gifted speaker. the man has been on the n
to try to narrow that gap in the polls. tonight both sides in debate prep, both sides trying to lower expectations, but there was a notable exception that one of romney's top supporters predicted on abc's "this week." it's "your voice, your vote," and abc's david kerley starts us off tonight in washington. >> reporter: mitt romney went to church, but this sunday wasn't a day just for prayers. it's preparation. cramming by the candidates for their big debate, and...
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do i think there's a concerted effort to skew the polls against governor romney? no, i don't buy that. >> final question, todd akin running for senate in missouri. last year, reince priebus was here. saying the rnc isn't going to get involved in the race. over the course, more prominent republicans, all coming out in support of todd akin, do you think he should have the support of the republican party? >> no. >> he doesn't have your support? >> no. >> governor chris christie, thank you for your time. >>> let's turn now to the white house view. the president's top strategist, david plouffe is running debate prep -- part of the debate prep for president obama, he joins us now. you just heard governor christie right there, he said that the president isn't going to tell the truth on wednesday night. >> well, of course, we are, george. first of all governor christie, and i think this clearly the romney belief, is raising expectations for this race. they're predicting that the race will change fundamentally. what does that mean? states like ohio and iowa, become very cl
do i think there's a concerted effort to skew the polls against governor romney? no, i don't buy that. >> final question, todd akin running for senate in missouri. last year, reince priebus was here. saying the rnc isn't going to get involved in the race. over the course, more prominent republicans, all coming out in support of todd akin, do you think he should have the support of the republican party? >> no. >> he doesn't have your support? >> no. >> governor...
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polls show he's closing there on rick santorum. >> get out and vote on tuesday. and romney appears to be consolidating establishment support who would love to see that race end. that establishment includes a new recorded phone call going out from none other than former first lady, barbara bush. back to rush limbaugh, the company that syndicates limbaugh's show was owned by bain capital. the company founded the mitt romney. george. >> thanks very much. let's get more on this with matt dowd. our political analyst. let's begin on this rush controversy. number one, does it have legs? and two, you really think mitt romney missed an opportunity here? >> i think it has legs, in the space that we're occupying, when the republicans want to be talking about the economy and taking on barack obama, where it's now center ring, it's less of a side show and more of a center ring of the controversy. that just takes away time. i think mitt romney missed a huge opportunity, basically take on rush limbaugh. say this is not the kind of thing we want in our political discourse. it's
polls show he's closing there on rick santorum. >> get out and vote on tuesday. and romney appears to be consolidating establishment support who would love to see that race end. that establishment includes a new recorded phone call going out from none other than former first lady, barbara bush. back to rush limbaugh, the company that syndicates limbaugh's show was owned by bain capital. the company founded the mitt romney. george. >> thanks very much. let's get more on this with...
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, one of the things that governor romney had to do is reassure people about who they are. did he get that done? >> i think he did. starting tomorrow morning, going through the weekend into tuesday, and i think what republicans are going to drive is this question that biden opened up about what they knew and when they knew it with the attacks in benghazi. i think there was serious news that was made. rar th martha should clear her schedule. what she was able to do tonight, both men made some news and both of these men are frankly better at this than the men that they work for at the top of their ticket. but by being better, they said more and i feel like republicans feel like they have fresh ammunition on this growing scandal, which is how the right seeps the investigation into the attacks and the tragic death of our ambassador in libya. >> the vice president said, we didn't know about the security concerns in benghazi in particular, clearly state department officials did. >> well, the vice president also made it clear that he was going to let the facts talk for themselves.
, one of the things that governor romney had to do is reassure people about who they are. did he get that done? >> i think he did. starting tomorrow morning, going through the weekend into tuesday, and i think what republicans are going to drive is this question that biden opened up about what they knew and when they knew it with the attacks in benghazi. i think there was serious news that was made. rar th martha should clear her schedule. what she was able to do tonight, both men made...
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it is south carolina, and abc news based on exit polling is ready to project mitt romney. even though he hasn't been there since the primaries. >> highly contested in the primaries, not the general election. let me bring that to nicolle wallace. this was something that the romney campaign was also not going to get caught short on, the ground game in the state of ohio and remember when president bush won it in 2004 and they say their turnout operation is bush's operation on steroids >> that's right. they wanted to go toe to toe with the obama machine, if you will, which was modeled after the bush machine which matt throuand i built in 2004. romney started with a deficit in ohio and they knew they had to dig out of the hole that was created by all those negative ads and also knew they were in an uphill battle. wait, our last ad is going to take this on, they said, it's going to help correct it. they understood the stakes in ohio. if that single ad didn't correct what they understood to be a deficit with the voters in ohio, not just people who work in the auto industry but al
it is south carolina, and abc news based on exit polling is ready to project mitt romney. even though he hasn't been there since the primaries. >> highly contested in the primaries, not the general election. let me bring that to nicolle wallace. this was something that the romney campaign was also not going to get caught short on, the ground game in the state of ohio and remember when president bush won it in 2004 and they say their turnout operation is bush's operation on steroids...
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a state where mitt romney is up by double digits. he has a lot of momentum heading into the primary there. it gives him another establish. republican in his corner. creates an air of inevitability around him and gives him a boost as a front-runner. back to you. >> perhaps a chink in the armor with a close race against santorum. a big night for ending campaigns. what do you think is next for michele bachmann, an iowa native after all. she didn't do well at all. >> reporter: an iowa native who was really making a big push about the facts that these were her roots in iowa. remember in august she came in first place in the straw poll. she finished in a very distant sixth. this is a disappointing night for her. she vows to go on. she said that she will continue definitely through south carolina which votes in a couple of weeks. she's going to skip most likely new hampshire because she's not really playing there. but she told us tonight that she will be going to south carolina. her airline tickets are booked and paid for, and she want to s
a state where mitt romney is up by double digits. he has a lot of momentum heading into the primary there. it gives him another establish. republican in his corner. creates an air of inevitability around him and gives him a boost as a front-runner. back to you. >> perhaps a chink in the armor with a close race against santorum. a big night for ending campaigns. what do you think is next for michele bachmann, an iowa native after all. she didn't do well at all. >> reporter: an iowa...
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mitt romney. ohio the stubborn case. mitt romney has stayed below 45%, 44%. president obama, 50% or higher continually there. that is the critical state in the election. >> critical yet again. all eyes on that state. new senior washington editor, rick klein. thank you so much for being here. >> thank you, guys. >>> now we turn to breaking news overnight as the search for a missing new jersey girl comes to a tragic end. the body of 12-year-old autumn pasqual has apparently been found in a recycling container not far from where she was last seen saturday. some 200 law enforcement personnel have been searching for the girl since her disappearance. an autopsy expected to be performed later this morning. >>> new and disturbing details in that deadly shooting at a milwaukee area day spa. we've learned that the man who killed his wife and two others had terrorized his wife for years. he threatened to throw acid in her face, slashed her tires, and poured tomato juice on her car. the couple was in the proc
mitt romney. ohio the stubborn case. mitt romney has stayed below 45%, 44%. president obama, 50% or higher continually there. that is the critical state in the election. >> critical yet again. all eyes on that state. new senior washington editor, rick klein. thank you so much for being here. >> thank you, guys. >>> now we turn to breaking news overnight as the search for a missing new jersey girl comes to a tragic end. the body of 12-year-old autumn pasqual has apparently...